diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 32642634c1bb64..91d5b250d8cde7 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -325,11 +325,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_direct_access);
 bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
 		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len)
 {
+	if (!dax_dev)
+		return false;
+
 	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
 		return false;
 
 	return dax_dev->ops->dax_supported(dax_dev, bdev, blocksize, start, len);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_supported);
 
 size_t dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 5edc3079e7c199..229f461e7def37 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -860,10 +860,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_table_set_type);
 int device_supports_dax(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
 			sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
-	int blocksize = *(int *) data;
+	int blocksize = *(int *) data, id;
+	bool rc;
 
-	return generic_fsdax_supported(dev->dax_dev, dev->bdev, blocksize,
-				       start, len);
+	id = dax_read_lock();
+	rc = dax_supported(dev->dax_dev, dev->bdev, blocksize, start, len);
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* Check devices support synchronous DAX */
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 6904d4e0b2e0ad..9f916326814a85 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 	return __generic_fsdax_supported(dax_dev, bdev, blocksize, start,
 			sectors);
 }
+bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
+		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len);
 
 static inline void fs_put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 {
@@ -157,6 +159,13 @@ static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
+		struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize, sector_t start,
+		sector_t len)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void fs_put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 {
 }
@@ -195,8 +204,6 @@ bool dax_alive(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void *dax_get_private(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
 		void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn);
-bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
-		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len);
 size_t dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 size_t dax_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,